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Jonesboro, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks County of Union Sch Dist No43 #84 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,443 per pupil, County of Union Sch Dist No43 ranks #555 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
County of Union Sch Dist No43 operates 1 public schools serving 341 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Union County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,443 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.2% local, 53.6% state, and 24.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #84 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 338:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.2% White, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Jonesboro Elem School, enrolling 338 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Jonesboro Elem School accounts for 99.1% of all County of Union Sch Dist No43 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of County of Union Sch Dist No43 a distant remainder — means County of Union Sch Dist No43-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
County of Union Sch Dist No43 student-counselor ratio is 338:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within County of Union Sch Dist No43 is typically wider than the County of Union Sch Dist No43-aggregate figure suggests.
County of Union Sch Dist No43 chronic absenteeism rate is 13.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to County of Union Sch Dist No43's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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